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WORLD SPARROWS Family Emberizidae Chapter author: John, B. Dunning, Jr. Baptista, L. F., and J. R. King. 1980. Geographical variation in song and song dialects of montane White-crowned Sparrows. Condor 82:267-284. Bajema, R.A., et al. 2001. Reclaimed coal mine grasslands and their significance for Henslow's Sparrows in the American Midwest. Auk 118:422-431. Byers, C., J. Curson, and U. Olsson. 1995. Sparrows and buntings: a guide to the sparrows and buntings of North America and the world. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. DeBenedictis, P. A. 1995. Sharp-tailed Sparrow: a parable of field ornithology. Birding 27:312-314. Dunning, J. B., and J. H. Brown. 1982. Summer rainfall and winter sparrow densities: a test of the food limitation hypothesis. Auk 99:123-129. Dunning, J. B., and B. D. Watts. 1990. Regional differences in habitat occupancy by Bachman's Sparrow. Auk 107:463-472. Ketterson, E. D., and V. Nolan. 1976. Geographic variation and its climatic correlates in the sex ratio of eastern wintering Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis hyemalis). Ecology 57:679-693. Knapton, R. W., et al. 1984. A comparison of breeding ecology and reproductive success between morphs of the White-throated Sparrow. Wilson Bulletin 96:60-71. Lockwood, J. L. et al. 1997. Life history of the endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow. Wilson Bulletin 109:720-731. Nice, M. M. 1939. Watcher at the nest. Macmillan Co., New York, NY. [Author’s note: A classic in behavioral ecology summarizing studies done by a woman - Margaret Morse Nice - who was far ahead of her time. She studied Song Sparrows breeding around her home.] Pulliam, H. R., and J. B. Dunning. 1987. The influence of food supply on local density and diversity of sparrows. Ecology 68:1009-1014. Pulliam, H. R., and G. S. Mills. 1977. The use of space by wintering sparrows. Ecology 58:1393-1399. Quay, T. L., et al. 1983. The Seaside Sparrow, its biology and management. Occasional Papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey, 1983-5. Rising, J. D. 1996. A guide to the identification and natural history of the sparrows of the United States and Canada. Academic Press, New York, NY. Vickery, P. D., and J. R. Herkert. 1999. Ecology and conservation of grassland birds of the Western Hemisphere. Studies in Avian Biology 19. [Author’s note: Symposium on conservation, habitat needs and population trends of grassland birds, with many papers on grassland sparrows.] Watt, D. J. et al. 1984. The role of plumage polymorphism in dominance relationships of the White-throated Sparrow. Auk 101:110-121. Watts, B. D. 1991. Effects of predation risk on distribution within and between habitats in Savannah Sparrows. Ecology 72:1515-1519. Woods, P. E. 1999. A familiar mystery - polymorphism and the White-throated Sparrow. Birding 31:263-266. Zink, R.M. 1986. Patterns and evolutionary significance of geographic variation in the Schistacea group of the Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). Ornithological Monographs 40. |
